January 24, 2022
A joint gift to the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California San Diego totaling $50 million from the Epstein Family Foundation will drive Alzheimer’s research and accelerate the search for treatments and a cure.
February 18, 2016
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego Emeritus Professor Douglas Inman, considered the founder of the field of coastal oceanography, died Thursday at the age of 95.
January 8, 2015
…showcase on the Scripps campus at Surfside on Jan. 29. Nine volunteers recently joined the team, each bringing a unique set of skills to Squidtoons, including editing, blogging, and ramping up the site’s social media presence. Kwan hopes that the site will gain momentum and that the team will gain…
May 23, 2023
UC San Diego’s Class of 2023 are diverse, perseverant and passionate about making a difference. They have reached for the stars and left the UC San Diego community better than they found it. Read more about some of our stunning graduates here.
April 16, 2020
…to provide mentorship and resources to underrepresented minority students who are interested in STEM careers and want to apply to graduate school. Patiño knows there are many obstacles for first-generation college students and immigrants to succeed in higher education. That’s why she and classmates at UC San Diego formed Colors…
November 28, 2023
Over the past three years, 20 faculty members have been hired at UC San Diego who are committed to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion using social justice frameworks. This fall, an additional $175,000 grant was received to support faculty retention and success.
November 12, 2020
…been enhanced by many cross-campus joint appointments—like both Johannes Schöneberg and Roger Tsien, who held faculty appointments in both the School of Medicine’s Department of Pharmacology and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry on the main campus,” Taylor said. That collaborative spirit is the basis for the new Cell Signaling…
October 24, 2013
…gift made this health campus possible.” In 2010, Joan and Irwin Jacobs made a visionary $75 million gift to help fund a medical center that will be the largest component of the university’s La Jolla campus. In addition to increasing the speed at which School of Medicine breakthroughs are brought…
December 18, 2020
…change. Since spring, the campus’s multifaceted Return to Learn program and efforts toward combatting COVID-19 have kept the rate of infection low on campus and achieved national acclaim, landing on the radar of public health experts across the country. In addition to the critical work surrounding COVID-19, our students, faculty…
March 23, 2023
Ten UC San Diego postdoctoral scholars are applying artificial intelligence (AI) methods to their research in a range of fields thanks to support from the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a program of Schmidt Futures.
